: Practice Management
Hey Google, I’m Over Here!
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Like many people these days, I depend on Google a lot. It’s practically my only search engine, and I’ve pretty much stopped downloading email at home in favor of a Gmail account.
Read MoreWeekend Audio – Financial Planning: What’s Your Number?
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All the hoopla in the news right now about the “financial crisis” has everyone, lawyers included, on edge about the safety of their retirement assets. Which raises the question of how much…
Read MoreWhat’s In Your Wallet?
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That catchy slogan for one of the credit card companies took on a different meaning earlier this week. A friend of mine had out-of-town company visiting and when he went out to…
Read MoreA Few Thoughts on Business Continuity
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The Casemaker Legal Research System was down for a couple of hours one day last week as a result of extensive power outages in Ohio due to the remnants of Hurricane Ike.
Read MoreEarly Warning Auto Safety Complaints Database Now Available
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If you think back, you probably remember the recall of Firestone tires in 2000. But it didn’t happen until after a critical mass of anecdotes and hard news regarding serious accidents was…
Read MoreFraud Alert! Georgia Lawyer Caught in Trust Account Scam
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The globalization of business has provided many opportunities for lawyers in Alabama to use an Internet web site to attract potential business clients from around the world. Unfortunately, globalization has also opened…
Read MoreYou Don’t Always Have to Eat Your Peas!
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Most successful people have developed the habit of putting work before play. After all, most of us of a certain age were taught that we had to eat all our dinner first…
Read MoreAnnual Meeting Redux, ABA TECHSHOW 2009 and Great Firms
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What makes a great law firm? I’ll get to that in a minute, but first I need to finish up some old business. The problem with attempting to “live blog” an event…
Read MoreAnnual Meeting: Day 2 – The fun continues!
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Today started off bright and early with a beautiful, cloud-free sky and a coffee bar, the Alabama Law Foundation trustees’ breakfast, a senior lawyers’ breakfast and an Inns of Court coffee, all…
Read MoreAnnual Meeting: Day 1 – A Good Start
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Things here at the Annual Meeting & Legal Expo in Sandestin got underway at noon today, when registration opened. Attendance is up this year, with a record crowd for the pre-meeting CLE…
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